[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 42 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE SAFE CLIMATE CAUCUS

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a member of the Safe Climate 
Caucus to remind this House of the threat that climate change poses to 
our communities and to emphasize the need for increased Federal 
investment in new and innovative technologies to protect and improve 
the world we live in.
  This past October, Hurricane Sandy hit the mid-Atlantic, including my 
home State of New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy was one of the most costly 
storms in history. Society will bear the costs of climate change. 
Society is bearing the costs of climate change. The debt was wracked up 
as we recklessly burned fossil fuels over a century, filling the 
atmosphere with excess CO2. Now the debts are coming due as 
wildfires, droughts, superstorms, and floods--a costly debt in lives 
and dollars.
  We would be wise to invest in more resilient infrastructure and 
sustainable, non-fossil energy sources, in good science related to 
climate change. We as a country should rise to the challenge. The 
United States is not a poor, impoverished Nation. We are just acting 
like one. We should be investing as if we believe there is a future for 
us.

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